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RSPCA Inspector 0300 1234 999 National Express 08705 808080 Age UK 020 820 35040 Samaritans 08457 909090 Copy deadlines – March: 15 February, April: 15 March, Heathrow Airport 0870 000 0123 Contact (N2) 020 8432 1415 May: 12 April Refuge Crisis Line 0870 599 5443 Festival date in the diary Planning Applications Organisers have announced that the 2013 East Finchley Festival will be held on Sunday Barnet Council landscaping. 23 June in Cherry Tree Wood. As ever, there will be the usual mix of stalls, live enter- 3 Brim Hill, N2 64 Leopold Road, N2 tainment and food and drink. Replacement of all windows, Single-storey rear extension. The festival will start summer festival. If you are grant-aided by Barnet Council including front door, garage door Haringey Council at 12pm and inish at 6pm and interested or know of an act and is run entirely by local and side door. Insertion of door 1-8 Buckden Close, N2 the organisers are hoping for a that might be, please email volunteers. and windows to rear elevation to Replacement of existing timber massive turn out this year, with details to eastinchleyfestival@ At the moment, they are replace existing rear window. Inser- windows and doors with new timber their ingers irmly crossed for gmail.com actively recruiting people to tion of roof light to rear. Alterations windows and doors. ine weather after last year’s Festival stalls help with publicity, press and to front garden. 1-20 Clissold Close, N2 84 Huntingdon Road, N2 washout. and volunteers marketing. On the day, at least Replacement of existing timber East Finchley has talent 50 volunteers are needed to Retention of extension of exist- windows and doors with new timber Application forms for stall- ing rear decking, including new In the build-up to the festi- holders will go out via email. sell raffle tickets, steward windows and doors. the event or help in the bar. If wooden railings and trellis with soft val, the organisers are holding a If you are not on the regu- Battle of the Bands on 16 March lar database but are inter- you can spare some time over the next few months or an hour at the East Finchley Constitu- ested in a stall, please email on 23 June to make a contri- - Beginners - tional Club from 2–8pm. They eastfinchleyfestival@gmail. bution to the success of the are looking for exceptional com for information. young local acts to come and The organisers of the fes- festival, ring 07983 360 834 or Tai Chi & Qigong email the same address: east- perform their tunes with the tival have managed to keep it [email protected] 2 Classes in East Finchley chance of winning a coveted a free event for over 35 years. Wednesdays at either 12.00 or 1.00pm (Trial session: £5) spot on the main stage of the In that time, it has never been -DPHV'UHZHLVDTXDOLILHGWHDFKHUDQGKDVEHHQSUDFWLVLQJW·DLFKLIRU\HDUV Donate a +HLVWKHDXWKRURIERRNVRQW·DLFKL LVDPHPEHURIWKH%&&0$ Other classes : www.taiji.co.uk Library saga coat and email: [email protected] phone: 020-8883 3308 spread the takes a twist warmth By Daphne Chamberlain For the second year run- There has been one more twist in the tale of Friern Barnet ning Age UK is asking Library, which has already had more plot surprises than people to donate coats for a television soap. This continuing story, though, is too their national Spread the important for our neighbouring community to switch Warmth campaign. With on and off. As a nationwide audience knows, the library many old people dying from closed by Barnet nearly a year ago has refused to stay the effects of cold weather shut. Here is what has happened since our last report. each winter, the campaign On 1 February, Barnet the success of the community- has three key aims: offering Council obtained an order run HGS library, set up last to evict squatters, who have year, when Friern Barnet’s bid practical help during the restocked the shelves and run for a similar arrangement was colder months, campaign- a regular library service, and refused. Saying that Barnet ing to tackle cold-related has conirmed it will put the is now better off inancially, ill-health and fundraising to building on the market. The Cllr Rams stated they had “the help older people when they judge praised the squatters scope to look favourably on are particularly vulnerable. and Friern Barnet residents bids for the building from local Celebrities such as Spice for running a “happy, pleasant residents”. Girl Geri Halliwell have given place”, telling them they still Friern Barnet campaigner coats to be sold in Age UK had a right to protest, as long Keith Martin told THE ARCHER: charity shops, with the money as they were not occupying the “I imagine that we shall see if raised being used to help the premises. we have common ground with campaign. There are shops at Bidders encouraged Community Barnet, and discuss 6 Western Parade, New Barnet, Then Cllr Robert Rams the situation with them”. He and 25 Vivian Way, Hendon, surprised everyone by making hopes that the books (donated but Age UK in East Finchley Piano Lessons Community Barnet (the former by the public) will be left on will accept donated coats. They Jazz, blues, classical, rock Barnet Voluntary Services the shelves, believing that “the are based at the Ann Owens occupation has increased the Centre, Oak Lane, London N2 Also theory, keyboard harmony, improvisation, Council) the building’s licen- composition, arranging, song-writing, GCSE & A level music see, asking them to support value of the building as a going 8LT, and are open daily (except concern to a potential user who community organisations who Wednesday) from 10am−3pm. James Drew-Edwards LTCL GTCL PGCE (music), CRB checked wants it to continue to function want to make “right to bid” pro- For further details call 020 [email protected] 020-8444 0655 posals for the library. He cited as a library”. 8432 1423. 3 THE ARCHER - www.the-archer.co.uk FEBRUARY 2013 Hoffman hot-foots it to the Phoenix By Nick Young and Allison Goodings It takes more than heavy snow to stop East Finchley’s Big Local Rep Paul Bragman is looking for your ideas tonimprove the movie-watching community lives of residents. from attending a screening Grandma and baby in of Dustin Hoffman’s ilm Quartet, especially when Your ideas for £1 jewellery heist drama Dustin Hoffman himself is By Cathy Young in attendance. Not surpris- Imagine a James Bond ilm, or more accurately The Italian ingly, tickets sold out in million spend Job, set in Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley. An unlikely an hour and a half for this By Daphne Chamberlain As we reported last month, the Big Lottery Fund’s Big scenario? That was my irst thought as I watched a beige event on Friday 18 Janu- Mini careering along the pavement directly towards my ary, making it probably the Local programme has given £1 million to The Grange own beloved Mini. Phoenix Cinema’s fastest- estate and its surrounding area to spend on projects suggested by the residents. Along with the money comes Shoppers had to jump alert, which is why neither selling screening ever. for safety as the car roared Libby, my one-year-old grand- In the post-movie Q&A, a vis- the help and support of a Big Local rep: Paul Bragman, along the pedestrian arcade daughter, who was in the back ibly emotional Hoffman, himself who is indeed a local, having lived in Muswell Hill for and then into the oncoming of the car, nor I was badly hurt. in his seventies, spoke about how more than 10 years. traffic at the one-way system his ilm explores issues surround - At the time of writing, Paul dropping in to places, leaving Zealous trafic wardens ing aging, and how elderly artists at the top of Ballards Lane Passers-by were very kind to has already contacted several printed publicity, and generally after a violent robbery on 3 us and Libby enjoyed playing in can struggle to ind an audience organisations as well as indi- raising awareness. December. The two men in in the later years of their career. viduals, our local councillors Being assigned so close to the police car and lirting with The stars of the ilm were home is a bonus for Paul, as he the getaway car had driven the Flying Squad oficer while and Barnet oficers. Eventually, through the arcade from North forensics checked my car and Maggie Smith, Pauline Collins, working partnerships of agen- is also working with communi- Tom Courtenay and Billy Con - Finchley High Road, smashed took statements. cies and residents will develop, tiesin Luton and Greenwich. As their way into the shop using nolly and the cast, included back- but it is vital that residents he says, riding a scooter comes The local trafic wardens ground artists (Hoffman disliked in useful! Luton has also only concrete paving slabs and were less understanding. Three should be in the majority. grabbed all they could from the term ‘extras’) who themselves Do you have any sugges- just received funding, while different wardens tried to stick are retired singers and musicians Gold Leaf Jewellers, leaving a penalty notices on my car tions or opinions about improv- Greenwich, one of the irst woman battered and bleeding from across Britain. ing the lives of people living areas to beneit, is now in the although it was surrounded by Having sat with the audience on the floor. three police cars, several police in this area? You can play a third year of its programme. - throughout the ilm, he was also part in this project by giving Paul told THE ARCHER: “It’s very With a contemptuous disre oficers and two ambulances. effusive in his praise of the Phoe- gard for anyone who might be I’m happy to say that the police your thoughts directly to Paul interesting working in different in their way, they returned to nix, describing it as a “gorgeous on 020 8442 2379 or 07887 neighbourhoods. Though they oficers gave them short shrift; cinema” and likening the shared the Mini and sped up the rest of 721825, or by emailing paul@ are different, they have a lot in clearly there was no love lost emotional experience of sitting the arcade, across the pavement there. communityregen.net. common as well.” in a crowded cinema to going to There is interaction between and straight at my car. It was the irst time I had church or synagogue. We hope Our ‘critical friend’ Instinct took over, which been entrusted with Libby’s He explained his role as area reps, who support and he’ll come again soon. communicate with each was fortunate as my mind day-care. Most local grand- that of “a critical friend, who refused to process what was mothers take their grandchil- will comment, challenge, and other, mainly online. They are recruited for Big Local happening, and I swerved sufi- dren to Cherry Tree Wood or make sure that diverse opinions ciently to avoid a head-on crash. Rhyme Time at the Children’s are represented”. At this stage, by RENAISI, an organisation A braver, more alert driver though, his priority is getting specialising in community Centre in Tarling Road. - might have attempted to stand Not many involve them in started. He says that he is famil- regeneration. Paul is a free her ground and foil their get- a dramatic jewellery heist in iar with East Finchley, and has lance consultant in that ield. THE away. 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The new teaching block will schools is expected to be £10.8 irst allow for one additional form of million, divided between the entry each year for ive years from three schools. intake September 2013, plus an addi- Councillor Andrew Harper, The Archer Academy, tional 21 students to the sixth form Cabinet Member for Education, the new secondary school in 2013 and 2014. This would Children and Families, said: Archer Academy head Mick Quigley, chair of governors Avis Johns and Mike bring the school’s total capacity “We have seen a huge number of Freer MP at the House of Commons. Photo by Allison Goodings planned for the area, will up to 1,152 students by 2017. families moving into the borough shortly be determining Meanwhile, The Compton over recent years to take advan- who the irst children to School will have a new teaching tage of the irst-class education MP backs new free go to the school will be. block containing classrooms for we offer. This strategy allows us Applications for the irst art, drama and music departments, to expand our successful schools year’s intake of pupils will space for student services and cur- while giving parents more choice school close as Valentine’s Day riculum support, as well as related for their children.” By Nick Young arrives, and offers will be ofice and storage facilities. The expansion plans come The Archer Academy has received the unequivocal back- made soon after. Copthall School’s plans will as work continues towards ing of Mike Freer, MP for Finchley and Golders Green Chair of governors Avis be shared with parents and resi- opening a completely new sec- and, as he put it, “the MP for the Archer Academy”. Johns reported that applications ondary school in East Finchley dents in the next few months. All Speaking at a reception at Hill, the schools minister (who had been strong and the school three Academy schools will pro- in September 2013. The Archer the House of Commons for has since been promoted to the was on course to be substantially vide an additional 30 permanent Academy, a mixed, non-denom- Cabinet as Leader of the House school places each per year from inational, non-selective free supporters of East Finchley’s oversubscribed in its irst year. new secondary school, Mr Freer of Lords). “I will continue to sup- Parents who have applied September 2013. school specialising in maths and praised the Academy team for port the Archer Academy, which English, will be located at the for their children to attend Expansion and choice the thoroughness of their free I am sure will go from strength Institute Arts Centre building will hear on 1 March, which The total cost of the perma- school proposal, which he said to strength,” said Mr Freer. behind the tube station. is national offers day, whether nent expansions for the three had particularly impressed Lord Avis Johns, who started the or not they have been offered campaign for a new school and a place. Because the school’s Housing plan changes fail Curiouser and is now its Chair of Governors, admissions are run separately spoke of how the campaign to Barnet’s admissions process curiouser began following the realisation for the irst year only, parents to ease concerns that her daughter would not By Mandy Rabin may ind they are offered two The Garden Suburb Thea- have a secondary school in East places, one from Barnet and In early January, developers submitted to Haringey tre is presenting an innova- Finchley. “Our children deserve one from the Archer Academy. Council minor changes to their plans to build two houses tive and exciting version of the very best,” she said. “We will The school recently on a plot of land north of the allotments by Fortis Green’s Alice in Wonderland and be opening doors that they may announced that its irst home covered reservoir. The plot, reservoir and allotments are Through the Looking Glass not know are there.” will be the Arts Institute Centre designated as Signiicant Local Open Land, and plans at Henrietta Barnett School The Academy, which opens behind East Finchley station, to build on it have provoked opposition from hundreds Theatre, in Central Square, in September, is now advertising after acquiring the building from of local residents, Tetherdown School and Fortis Green NW11. for teachers and has even taken the Hampstead Garden Suburb Community Allotments Trust. Join Alice on her whirl- out a front-page advertisement Institute, which will remain in Campaigners say the latest than in plans approved by the wind tour through the looking in the Times Educational Sup- the building as part of the deal. changes to the plans address council, raising questions about glass and in Wonderland as plement. “Active and engaged Applications for September none of the concerns of the the council’s ability to compel she meets the most amaz- staff will be a feature of the 2013 places remain open until local community. “They do not developers to build according to ing, amusing and bemus- Academy,” said headteacher midnight on 13 February, at even comply with the council’s approved measurements. ing creatures ever imagined. Mick Quigley. “We are building awww.thearcheracademy.org. modest requests to lower the Local activists are asking With puppets, projections, school that we can be proud of.”uk/admissions height of the houses slightly residents to submit objections Mad Hatters, lamingos and and move one of them further to these plans yet again, to mock turtles, it promises to be ack ain Arthritic oints south. Yet again, the plans retain the character of this an exciting show, and you can were submitted during school precious open space and keep participate in your own tea party er e ain oor ost re holidays, making it harder for cars off the pedestrian path. in the interval. Tickets priced hiropractic a help o the community to object,” said Comments on the plans can £12 (£9 concs) are available a spokeswoman. be submitted on Haringey’s from www.ticketsource.co.uk/ S A Furthermore, the architect of planning page at www.tinyurl. gardensuburbtheatre or 020 S A ASS SS £15 the planned buildings discov- com/85woodside. Updates on 7723 6609. The production ered that the new house adja- the residents’ campaign can be runs from Friday 22 February (nor all £50) cent to the plot is 40 cm higher found at www.85woodside.com to Saturday 2 March. Dr Sharik Ali (chiropractor) 0207 183 2911 / 07947595577 info@spinalhealthcentre co 98 i h oa 2 9
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All Saints’ Church, Durham Road, East Finchley Church of England Sunday masses at 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. ee day masses at 10.00 a.m. Refreshments are ser ed after mass on Sunday and hursday rayer re uests are gladly acce ted. he arish has a flourishing social life. Contact the icar, Fr Christo her ardy, on 0 0 888 1 . All Saints’ also has a strong musical tradition and an enthusiastic choir of oth adults and children. E erienced singers are al ays elcome. Contact eoffrey anson on 0 0 8 1 . htt .allsaints eastfinchley.org.u THE ARCHER - www.the-archer.co.uk 5 FEBRUARY 2013 Residents pay for Baby massage By Cathy Young “I looked around the room at the babies being massaged, making eye contact and illegally parked vehicle clearly enjoying the special one to one time with their parents and thought – I’m so By Kate Barnett lucky that I get to do this. I love this job!” Ruth Kay, an experienced occupational Given all the ongoing publicity regarding residents’ therapist who retrained as a baby massage instructor, is passionate about the beneicial parking, it is extraordinary that there was an apparently effects of massage on the development and well-being of young babies. abandoned vehicle in a residents’ parking bay in Barons- Ruth studied with the Inter- mere Road from August 2012 until the end of the year. national Association for Infant Massage (IAIM) to add to her 11 years’ experience at Hack- ney’s Homerton hospital and London Borough of Camden, mainly in Paediatrics and Neu- rology. When several relatives and friends had babies last year she felt ready to put her skills to good use. Word soon spread both by word of mouth and through websites such as Facebook and she set up her regular Baby&U courses for young babies and their parents. The vehicle had a valid road When chasing up the situation “The IAIM program was tax disc but no parking permit. in November, the civil enforce- developed by Vimala McClure. Penalty notices were put on it ment department advised that In the Indian orphanage where Circle of life: Parents and babies can bene t from massage sessions. in August and, in September, a they were still awaiting details she volunteered, the babies ingertips to alleviate many of starts on 27th February. notice stating that the vehicle was of ownership of the vehicle from were slathered in oils and given your baby’s minor ailments that Contact babymassage- being investigated. A resident the DVLA. However, on pushing daily massages. She became cause them discomfort such as [email protected] or www. who raised the issue with Barnet this question because of the time convinced that the develop- teething, colic, trapped wind facebook.com/babyandubaby- Council’s parking department it was taking, it transpired that ment and happiness of those and constipation, as well as pro- massage or 07951741736. was referred to the civil enforce- they do not have the facilities to abandoned children were a moting sleep! This one to one ment department, whose job it is obtain details from the DVLA direct result of this care,” Ruth bonding time can be uplifting to inspect the vehicle and decide and advised that it was up to the Greene Driving School explained. “Here, when the and remind you that it is not all whether it is abandoned. The parking department to set up East Finchley N2 babies irst come in,” she added, about the daily chores and sleep parking department also advise these facilities. So, at the time “the parents and babies are quiet From £17.50 x 2 Hr lessons that if a vehicle is not considered of asking, there had apparently deprivation,” Ruth, a mother of but by the end of the sessions two young sons herself, added. Safe driving for life abandoned then it will be left in been no request made to the there is increasing eye contact situ, regardless of the fact that DVLA to establish ownership Ruth’s courses are held Low Co2 footprint 114 and conversation between them locally in the relaxed setting it has no valid parking permit. of the vehicle. and by the end of the course it Eco & Low Maint T ition According to the council’s of her own home. There are can become quite noisy due to eight places on each course a l 4 c eaper representatives, it is not pos- all the lovely baby chatter!” Coffers swell sible for an illegally parked car which runs for 5 weeks at a n rance. Greenedriving.co.uk to be removed until such time Baby beneits cost of £60, including a detailed Call o n M. .M. as ownership of the vehicle is Studies have shown that booklet, a bottle of non aller- 077 51 440 for Great established. As they did not have there is a direct correlation genic baby oil, snacks, drinks the facilities at this time to check between the use of regular and a “Graduation Certiicate”. A Local Handyman massage and a baby’s weight Parents are encouraged to come Ormond St. the ownership of illegally parked available for general household vehicles, it was the residents who gain, which is generally a early to change and feed their & garden maintenance. By Sheila Armstrong pay – and pay heavily now – to marker for better health and babies if necessary and to settle No Job Too Small Local fund raiser and quiz- be able to park near their homes a strong immune system, and them. There is always time after Free Estimates that infant massage accelerates master Brian Hooper was who had a badly needed parking the massage for questions and Call John on: 0789 010 3831 at it again over Christmas space taken up indeinitely by an brain development. general chat. The next course or: 020 8350 2188 at The Old White Lion pub illegally parked vehicle. Doesn’t “Also as a parent, you lit- erally have the tools at your and this time all monies seem right, does it? Alexander Technique went to Great Ormond I Street Hospital. The massive amount of Wendy Longworth & B H S £4,500 was raised at the pub Associates physiotherapy N P R S I practice offers a variety in November and December “Of all the approaches tested, [..] Alexander Technique lessons of treatments at the thanks to the generosity of its proved to be the most beneficial.” B M J patrons, local businesses and to clinic, or off-site, in ■ all Brian’s hard work. Back Pain patients homes, He started the project in ■ Neck Pain nursing homes, November, not long after Hal- ■ Whiplash Injury private hospitals Domestic Appliance Sales & Repairs loween, when he contacted over ■ Sciatica and other ■ organisations. 200 local businesses and shops in Sports Injury No Callout Fee 020 8444 4303 No Callout Fee the area and was given over 250 ■ Frozen Shoulder [email protected] - www.ajlappliances.co.uk rafle prizes. Tickets were sold in ■ Arthritis Authorised Dealership for Bosch, Neff, Siemens, Miele & Liebherr ■ the pub and at the East Finchley Tennis Elbow Most Brands Repaired Christmas Festival in the High ■ Sprain or Strain AJL Daily Time Slots Street before Christmas. ■ Rehabilitation www.eastfinchleyclinic.co.uk Freestanding & Built In In early January Brian visited ■ Neurological Fully Trained Service Technicians Great Ormond Street Hospital to 020 8883 5888 ■ Stroke 2-3 Bedford Mews Bedford Road London N2 9DF give the cheque to their senior AJL Appliances Ltd fundraising executive Hayley Richardson. 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The paper then came out as a four-page, black and white edition printed on A4 paper before going tabloid in time for issue three. Forgive the indulgence if your recollections in future we use this page to celebrate issues. our birthday and look back at And what do you think of the highlights of those early THE ARCHER in 2013? Have days. you got any suggestions or THE ARCHER has changed new ideas for the paper in our in many ways since January anniversary year? We’d value 1993 but at its heart it is still your thoughts on new things the volunteer-led community we could be doing or stories newspaper it set out to be from we should be covering and, the start. although we can’t promise to Now we’re running at 12 put everything into action, we’ll pages each month, printed certainly consider all ideas to in full colour, and we’re also help make the newspaper the spreading news online on our best it possibly can be for the own website and via Facebook next 20 years. and Twitter. 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Holy Trinity Church Church Lane, East Finchley Church of England We're a warm and friendly congregation who look forward to welcoming you Sunday Parish Communion at 10.00 am Children s Sunday Clu 6 Meet o er coffee after church Michael Stanway is happy to answer any enquiries: Tel: 020 834 8 THE ARCHER at 20: “Not just www holytrinityeastfinchley org u another freebie” When The Archer was born, East Finchley and the country as a whole was in the thick of a recession, much like the one we’ve been battling through in the last few years. These extracts from an article in our second issue explain the thinking that brought the paper into life. This copy of THE ARCHER in December 1992. Mistakes you want to read, and we can comes to you as the result of have been made (all the more only do that if you tell us what one man’s idea being bounced since none of us on the team has you want to read. off a friend. The inspiration any newspaper experience) but One inal word: the paper behind it was the feeling that the reaction was positive from is free, but printers and paper although East Finchley is at those that had seen it. Regular merchants require payment. present a friendly community publications are planned and The staff on the team donate with the atmosphere of a vil- you are holding what is hoped considerable amounts of time lage, it seems to be in danger to be among the irst of many for no payment. THE ARCHER is of slipping into the oblivion of editions. funded by advertising paid for a London suburb. The name THE ARCHER, by our local businesses. They Perhaps, we thought, if we something we are often asked have not been immune to the had our own truly local paper about, is taken from a sculpture recession, so please let them we could not only preserve but designed by Eric Aumonier, know if you have seen their possibly enhance the commu- which crouches on top of East advert or offer in THE ARCHER nity atmosphere that without Finchley tube station. The so that they will realise that it is a shadow of a doubt already archer depicted in the sculpture being seen and advertise again. exists. seems to have the sense of The publisher and editor wish Many of us, when we were purpose we are looking for, and to thank all advertisers for their younger, received copies of East Finchley has traditionally support in making this paper a parish magazine or similar been strongly associated with possible. publication. These were really archery. enjoyable. People actually There are around 9,000 looked forward to receiving letter boxes in East Finchley, them. They are a condensed which represent a population mezem LUNCH NN R but important manifestation of of 27,000 adults (no igures the character of the people who are available for children). It 111 High Road, N2 8AG 2 C UR £ . 5 2 C UR £12. 5 make up the community, and is them (or should we say you) 3 C UR £7. 5 are read as avidly by visitors who will make or break the 020 8883 5750 3 C UR £13. 5 as they are by residents. paper. It will only work if we www.mezem.co.uk N A R A 1 00 23 00 The result was a pilot issue publish the sort of material that 12 00 1 00 ALL A UN A THE ARCHER - www.the-archer.co.uk 7 FEBRUARY 2013 First with the news THE ARCHER at 20: Archie the icon Here are some of the stories, features and adverts that By Nick Young made those irst two editions of THE ARCHER in January As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, the London Underground celebrates 150 years. and February 1993. For more than 70 of those years, the iconic archer statue has dominated the station On the front page of our tory of the East Finchley area, and the suburb, becoming the symbol of East Finchley. four-page first edition was written by Alan Randle, who ‘Archie’ inspired the name Olympic badge. Ian Jones, whose study of the an article titled ‘Policing worked at the library. of this newspaper and that of “Brilliantly sited, fantasti- Tube’s “inest features, sensa- East Finchley’. The writer Our advertisers in those N2’s new free school to open in cally realised, impishly styled tions and oddities” (150great- describes how he attended a days included some who are September; he features on the and enduringly relevant, the thingsabouttheunderground. press brieing at Golders Green still with us: Stewart Duncan benches on the High Road and archer sums up pretty much eve- com) has become an online hit. police station and came away opticians, estate agents Jeremy even represented the London rything worth celebrating about Although there has been a with the details of many local Leaf, solicitors Cree God - Borough of Barnet on the 2012 the Underground,” says blogger station at East Finchley since crimes. frey & Wood, CW Andrews 1867, the current building dates A charity box was stolen pharmacy; and others who from the late 1930s and was from Walters the greengro- have vanished over the years, designed by the architect Charles cers in the High Road by two including Culture Vultures Holden (1875-1960), who was ‘pimply faced youths’, and an fancy dress, The Old Europe- responsible for many Tube sta- angry drunk refused service ans Hungarian restaurant, A1 tions during the inter-war period. by Shillilapi Indian Restaurant Motor Stores and The Bargain Symbolic statue punched and shattered the plate Centre for secondhand furni- He wanted several stations glass window as a farewell ture and bric-a-brac. to have statues, and the sculptor gesture. We also carried classiied Eric Aumonier (1899-1974) was There were reports of bur- ads. On offer in the irst edition commissioned in June 1939 to glaries at homes in Sedgemere was a drum kit with “symbols” produce the East Finchley archer Avenue, Dennison Close, Corn- for £40, a solid pine double which, due to the war, was the wall Close, Durham Road and wardrobe said to be a real bar- only one to be completed. The Creighton Avenue, plus a 5am gain at £100 (buyer collects), ‘Archie’ photo by David Tupman decision to have him in a kneel- break-in at the East End Road and a collapsible Scandinavian- ing position, looking as though sub-Post Ofice where thieves style ofice table for £25. Also he has just ired an arrow down stole £100 in cash and cigarettes advertised was a car share for Around and About the line to what was then the to the value of £1,600. anyone travelling daily to the Sadly, we haven’t got room to print all the stories THE longest railway tunnel in the Also broken into were Moorgate area between 7.45 ARCHER ran in its irst edition but this ‘Around and About’ world, was deliberate. As a bookmakers William Hill and and 8am, the opportunity to column by Chinwag gives a lavour of some of the cover- London Transport staff publica- Andrews the chemist, both in sample Greek Cypriot home age in our early days. tion noted at the time: “It is more the High Road. No wonder the cooking in your own home “at A lot of ladies are more than know which houses to avoid than a decorative device – it is article starts: “What a danger- very reasonable prices”, plus a little upset about the closure and which ones to deliver to, powerful symbolism.” ous area we live in…”. a new Art for Adults course of the toilet in East End Road, we hope you will bear with us Archie commemorates the Elsewhere in the irst edi- starting up in Durham Road on opposite Budgens. Barnet is until we get better organised. fact that this area was once part tion, it was reported that East a weekly basis. doing nothing about ixing it, Our very own Kevin Finn of the Bishop of London’s hunt- Finchley Community Fes- Finally, back to crime news. and this just isn’t good enough. found something odd one ing ground. Further evidence of tival would go ahead on 19 Our second edition carried Local councillors had better November evening. Delivering this can be seen locally in various June despite losing its Barnet another round-up of local inci- watch out: Hell hath no fury lealets about THE ARCHER, he street and pub names, and on Council grant. Two years ear- dents but this time they were a like a woman scorned! discovered that the only build- the old Finchley Council coat lier, the whole event had been bit more weird and wonderful. More and more houses seem ing in the High Road without of arms which is visible on the cancelled when the council Over the Christmas holidays, to have a sign on their doors façade of East Finchley Library. accused it of becoming ‘politi- it was reported, villains broke a letterbox was the Post Ofice saying “No free papers”. During itself! Could it be that the Post Unveiled on July 22 1940, cal’, although the accusation into Bishop Douglass School November, we knocked on Office has found a way to Archie is almost twice natu- was subsequently rejected in a and defecated on the floor several doors and asked if this ral size and was made from court hearing and the festival before making off with eight increase proits? If you want to also applied to our community deliver a letter, you have to post six hundredweight (just over organisers were awarded costs. bottles of Tippex. As our writer newspaper. Everyone agreed it as normal mail. One wonders 300kg) of beech timber round a Community spirit was commented: “There must be an that this was an exception and whether they would have to pay steel armature, covered by ive strong right from the start. Issue easier way of having a white that they would like to receive double postage if you forgot to hundredweight of sheet lead. number one carried appeals for Christmas”. it. Because it is impossible to put a stamp on it. It is said that there was residents to join Neighbour- And then there was the bur- originally an arrow at Morden hood Watch schemes, help glary at a home in Long Lane which was stolen, although as out at neighbourhood charity early on a February morning Klages Plumbing & Heating Agency LTD. Morden station (another Holden CONTACT and offer their when the only items stolen CONTACT TELEPHONE No: 020 2 design) predated East Finchley skills to the free advice service were £30 worth of magazines. station by over a decade this run by East Finchley Neigh- Among the titles taken were may be an urban myth. bourhood Centre. Playboy: Best of the Big ‘Uns KLAGE There was news of a toy and Big Ones Over 40 Inches A NAME IN PLUMBING FOR OVER 40 YEARS exhibition at the Church Farm- plus “probably for the thief’s MidhurstButchers house Museum in Hendon and mother” a copy of Woman the edition carried a short his- magazine and TV Guide. Certified organic meat East Finchley Baptist Church at reasonable prices Just off the High Road in Creighton Avenue N2 Free-range poultry Sunday Mornings at a Home-made sausages (including Boerwors) For ore infor ation please contact the Church ffice 2MidhurstParade, FortisGreen,LondonN10 el Minister Si on y e Tel.02088835303 isitors al ays elco e SUZANNA ADAMS
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Here, Priya recalls their adventure. whole new world Our challenge was to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, In October, David Hillel Optometrists in the High Road known as the ‘Roof of Africa’ and at 5,895m the highest freestanding mountain in the world. held Children’s Vision Day to highlight the dangers of The purpose was to raise funds for a school in India children not having their eyes examined at a young age. for boys and girls. At present, schooling is provided Jack, pictured, received glasses to correct his squint. Jack’s for years 8 and 9 but the school aims to expand classes mother, an East from year 6 through to year 12. Finchley resident, The seven-day climb was gruelling and we were illed said: “I hadn’t real- with luctuating emotions. Our cousin Krupa, 21, who ised the importance had climbed this mountain previously, joined us, and of getting Jack’s our group of ive climbers was assisted by two guides, eyes examined so one chef and 17 porters. Each porter was only allowed early. Apparently to carry 20kg, under park regulations. Jack is one of many The crew assisting us were very experienced, caring, babies born with a helpful and above all men of honesty and integrity. The squint, and even hospitality was ive-star: every meal was a delight. In more develop one fact, as our family are all vegetarians, the crew decided before they are ive to live on the same diet for the climb period. The Pattani family on the ‘Roof of Africa’. years old.” David said all Spectacular route -10 degrees. Our penultimate a united family. United we children should Climbers choose from sev- base camp, before the summit reached; divided, God knows have their eyes eral routes; we selected the of the Uhuru peak, was 4,600m. what would have happened. examined from Machame Route, which is very The altitude contributed to low For more information their second birth- popular with everyone. Begin- levels of oxygen so we could and our fundraising web day onwards. ning on the south-western side only walk ‘Pola Pola’, African page, please visit www.vir- They needn’t be of Kilimanjaro, the trail passes for ‘slowly, slowly’. ginmoneygiving.com/team/ able to read, and through some of the mountain’s Sunrise at the summit pattani4 the service is free. inest features, including the The night was pitch-dark cloud forest of the southern and all that was visible were the slopes, the dry and dusty Shira perky head lamps, illuminating Dodgy builders are back Plateau and the delightful sene- the corkscrew path ahead of cio-clad Barranco campsite. us. The sound of the porters’ By Janet Maitland To reach the summit we melodic vocals was motivat- The Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is warning residents about a pair of bogus headed for the lengthy, long- ing and interesting, keeping us builders who trick people out of thousands of pounds by claiming they have a water winded climb up the Barafu awake on a night when there leak. THE ARCHER reported on this scam last October after several elderly residents trail, with the Rebmann Glacier was no coffee. were targeted over the summer. Another incident has been reported. edging into our ield of vision Actually reaching the On 9 January, a man was his neighbour’s house and wall. The resident was so before we pushed up the crater’s summit, encompassing an early walking to his home in Park needed access to the man’s alarmed she went straight to southern rim to Uhuru peak, the morning sunrise, was the most Hall Road when he was property to check he wasn’t the bank to get the £4,600 highest point. emotional moment for all of us. approached by two men in having similar problems. The deposit the men demanded The summit night was partic- Tears, hugs and ist-clenching a white van who followed potential victim didn’t let for doing the work. The men ularly memorable. This demand- gestures were not uncommon. him to his front door. One him in but went to find his are thought to have lifted tiles ing and exhausting section of the We celebrated with our crew of the men claimed that they landlord’s details to give him. on her roof and then poured climb began at 10pm and aver- and were most pleased that were fixing a water leak at When he returned to the door, water through the hole. age temperatures were around we all touched the summit as the men had disappeared. In another case the men The main suspect is tricked an 87-year-old described as a tall white man woman, but staff at her bank of about 40 with curly fair became suspicious and called KƵƚŽĨϭϬϮůŽĐĂůĂŐĞŶƚƐ͕ hair, wearing a high visibility the police when she asked yellow jacket with ‘Balfour’ to withdraw £4,200. 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Because it marked the birth of the permissive Jules grew up in Church society and was the time when the sixties really started Lane, N2, and has fond memo- swinging. ries of her mother’s hairdress- The ifties were grey, stodgy and run by the kind of people who ers shop, Joan Carole, also in ‘hadn’t fought in the war so that teenagers could listen to rock’n’roll’. Church Lane. Jules now lives They continued beyond their sell-by date and you were expected to with her two student daughters know your place, mow the lawn and not frighten the horses. Never near the shop and not far from mind the decaying empire or rising unemployment, in 1962 the Tory her grandparents’ home in government of Old Etonians looked as smugly complacent as Old Highgate. With all these genera- Etonians always do. And then came 1963. tions together, you could say she The signs of change were there; in 1960 the Government pros- is of a truly local vintage. She ecuted Penguin for publishing Lady Chatterley’s Lover and lost. Satire certainly has a strong love of was booming. Private Eye started in 1962 and put the boot into the all things vintage and is com- establishment for being out of touch, boring and old. Meanwhile, in mitted to supporting the local Liverpool, Brian Epstein had stumbled across four blokes in a cellar community and doing her bit who were about to change music for ever. for the wider environment. Now was the time to light the blue touch paper and watch the sparks “Upcycling or restoring ly. And the man who did it was an Oxford-educated formerBullingdon once-loved furniture not only Club member and government minister called John Profumo. The last gives it a new lease of life thing Profumo meant to do when he fell in lust with a naked Christine but also addresses the landill Local vintage: Jules Waldren in her shop in Aylmer Parade. Photo by Keeler next to a swimming pool on Lord Astor’s estate in 1961 was issue,” she told me. “I started John Lawrence change society. And anyway, the affair only lasted a few weeks. creating from my kitchen table new customers and those who with restored furniture showcas- But 18 months later things went out of control. There was thesmall and over time my home became already knew the website could ing the vintage china and collecta- matter of two of Keeler’s later boyfriends having a ight over her, guns a workshop so a showroom or see the items in real life, not just bles and walls covered in mirrors, being ired in a West London mews and rumours about the minister shop was the next step. I needed from photos.” photographs and other wall art. and the good-time girl starting to circulate. So what? Well, this was somewhere close to home so The shop is beautifully set out, There is a selection of handmade the age of the Cold War and Keeler had also been involved with a jewellery crafted by local artists, KGB oficer. Just to add to the fun and games, Labour leader Hugh fascinators which can be made Gaitskell died and was replaced by clever grammar school boy Harold to order and a variety of hand- Wilson, who saw the chance to make his mark. made soft furnishings, cards, When Profumo lied to Parliament about his affair and had to resign candles and soaps. For those it became open season; Keeler sold her story, the sleaze oozed out with a quirkier taste, there are and Private Eye made its name. It may have been a minor tornado large mirrors featuring Audrey in a private swimming pool, but the Tories lost the next lection,e the Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe sixties started to swing and deference was never the same again. and cuflinks and brooches made And the four blokes from the Liverpool cellar releasedtheir irst LP. of tiny Lego people. And the pots? Don’t worry; they will return in the spring when Jules and the shop’s leaseholder join forces to extend their premises and sell not only forget-me-nots vintage wares STORMONT but also garden pots and garden furniture made from reclaimed Tennis and Squash Club Jack Murphy, left, and Oscar Davidson volunteered to help brighten wood from around the world. 13 Lanchester Road, London N6 4SU up the Church Lane and Long Lane junction. Photo by John Lawrence The shop is open Monday www stor ontltsrc co to Saturday 10am–6pm and on Neglected corner Sundays 10am–5pm. • riendl nei hbourhood club Can you • ull ti e tennis coach shown some love • New squash coach By John Lawrence Clubroo bar deliver? • Back in November, we carried an appeal from Long We’re looking for volun- • cti e unior section Lane resident Paula Goodchild for Barnet Council to teers to distribute bundles of • Two squash courts do something about tidying up the neglected seating THE ARCHER to our deliver- • Three all weather tennis courts two with loodli hts and lowerbed area near her home at the junction withers. Each round comprises • Ran e o club tea s –tennis squash Church Lane. about 8 drops and should The council has done noth- community spirit round here take about 30 minutes by ing, despite direct requests and hopefully people will keep car once a month and can Me bershi co ers tennis and squash from Paula. Unsurprisingly, looking after the beds.” Seniors £1 er annu and uniors ran e ro £1 –£44 er annu however, a number of local Paula said the pair couldn’t be done in your own time. No la in in required volunteers were in touch almost have been more enthusiastic. If you can help, please leave More details ro the e bershi secretar immediately offering their help. Now she’s just waiting for a message on our free phone e ail stor ont e bers ail co Two of them were former someone at Barnet Council to line 0800 612 0748 or email Fortismere students Oscar get back to her about repairing us at [email protected]. Davidson and Jack Murphy, the broken brick work. Thanks. Co e and tr or ree who recently left university and set up a gardening company BUFFET called Green Parakeets (www. Contemporary Bangladeshi Cuisine
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FINEST SELECTION OF MOUTH WATERING DISHES UALITY ro 6 and tennis e er Sunda ro 1 a 1 the beds at the corner and put Starters, Main Dishes, e etarian Dishes, Ri e Nan in winter bedding plants, bulbs for the spring and some shrubs. £ er ers n TELEPHONE FAULTS REPAIRED The transformation was noticed £ Chi ren n er immediately. n n t 50% CHEAPER THAN BT * the POST OFFICE * TALK TALK etc Oscar said: “In the space of A La Carte Men a s a ai a e HOME * OFFICE * FACTORY 20 minutes we had comments Li ite Seats A ai a e, Reser e Y r Ta e T a LINES * EXTENSIONS * EQUIPMENT TESTED REPAIRED from three passers-by saying Te C RON COLLINS 0 0 5 * 0 thank you for brightening Hi h R a , East Fin h e , L n n N ED e c e h c up the place. There’s a lot of et n t a ai a e r ta ea a Drin s an Pa a s n t in e 10 FEBRUARY 2013 THE ARCHER - www.the-archer.co.uk Regular Events Love and loss at the Sport & Fitness Badminton Weds eves 8-10pm all abilities, contact George 8349 0170 or John 8444 7163. Phoenix East Finchley Flyers running club, By Carina Volkes, Phoenix operations manager Tuesdays 7pm at the tube station, 7k run Fans of The King’s Speech will love Hyde Park on Hudson, and socialising. Nick 07795 503752. starting on 1 February at the Phoenix Cinema. Bill Finchley & Hornsey Ramblers Group Call Vivien 8883 8190 Murray plays Roosevelt, President when King George Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, Sum- VI and Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Coleman) become the mers Lane N12. New and experienced irst British monarchs to visit New York. bowlers welcome. From 15 February, ind out the story behind the making of Keep fit for the Retired on Wednes- Psycho days, Christ Church N12. Call Bridie with Anthony Hopkins as the eponymous director and 8883 5269 Helen Mirren as his long-suffering wife. Muswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings Famous reclusive director Terrence Malick returns from 22 Ave, N10. New & experienced bowlers February with only his sixth ilm in 40 years.To The Wonder is welcome. Tel: 8883 0433. a beautifully ilmed meditation on love, the power of faith and Pilates in East Finchley, qualified dealing with their loss. teacher. Contact Dee on 8883 7029 Visually spectacular time-lapse environmental documentary Pilates class Weds 3.30 & 7pm at Ann Chasing Ice Owens Ctr, N2. Call Penny 8444 2882. gets a one-off show on 12 February, and French Pilates Beginners Classes Tue 9.30- coming-of-age drama Sister, about a young boy who steals from 10.30am, Holy Trinity Church Hall, the rich guests at the nearby Swiss ski resort, plays on 19 Febru- Church Lane N2. Contact: Michelle ary only. 07767 804 564 For families, our usual great Kids Club programme is every Tae Kwon Do for children & adults at Saturday at 12. Also look out for additional family screenings Finchley Lido Mon & Fri 7-9pm 07949 during half-term to get the kids out of the house! On 5 February 612 706. www.taekwondo-uktd.co.uk Tai Chi class at EF Methodist Ch, Weds we launch Toddler Time, a weekly event speciically for children at 1pm. Call James Drewe 8883 3308 Mary Poulter’s Willow and Sari Silk will be one of the works on show aged 2-4. Featuring short programmes of cartoons such as Peppa Pig, Toddler Time is a chance to let your child experience the or [email protected] at the Cycles exhibition. Tennis club with four clay courts off magic of cinema for the irst time. Southern Road. Call 8883 7723. Every Wednesday at 11am we give Mums (and Dads) a Yoga, breathing & relaxation. Weekly Art in the round chance to come to the cinema with their baby to relax and see a drop-in classes - N3, N6, N10. Phone By Adam Justice-Mills new release. Look out for Oscar nominatedThe Impossible in Judy on 07956 375607. Yoga, pregnancy yoga, meditation Artworks inspired by cycles, circles, seasons and rotations February’s line-up. classes. Call Sunnah 07941 321 772 or will feature in an exhibition by more than 20 members And if you’re looking for something to do on Valentine’s Day, see www.stretchingpeople.co.uk. of the East Finchley Open (EFO) at The Highgate Gal- check our listings and make a night of it with delicious food from Music, Dance & Creative Arts lery next month. our menu, and a glass of wine (which can be enjoyed in our fully- Art Classes. For info call Henry on 8888 Among the more literal Dina Katz brings an organic licenced historic auditorium)! 5133. interpretations of the theme, approach to the theme and will For more information on our programme, check our website Ballroom Dance Classes, Wednesday abstract painter Penny Elder’s exhibit textured stoneware using a www.phoenixcinema.co.uk or call the box ofice on 020 8444 6789. eves for beginners & improvers . St screenprints are inspired by the leafimpression with glaze and natu - Mary’s Church Hall, N3. 8444 0280. bicycles that featured so promi- ral oxides. An organic approach is Ballroom & Latin American Dance Classes - beginners & improvers. Wed nently in last summer’s London alsosuggested by textile artists Clara & Fri eve, Bishop Douglass Sch. 8207 Olympics, as well as her son- Hancockand Ann Froomberg, who 2323. in-law’s recent cycle ride from will be showing silk paintings. Creative writing classes in informal, London to Edinburgh. Jewellery makers, photog - friendly atmosphere. Tel Sallie Rose 020 Among more unusual inter- raphers, glassmakers and other 8444 7217. pretations, basket maker Mary artists will all offer individual East Finchley Writers Group, Weds at Poulter’s Willow Cycleinterprets approaches to the challenge. the Old White Lion. Contact Carola 8883 Cycles 5808 or Lilian 8444 1793. the lifecycle of her raw material. runs from 8-21 March East Finchley Poetry Writing Work- “In one year,” she says, “a cop - atthe Highgate Gallery, Highgate shops. Monthly on Saturdays. Contact piced stump can produce shoots Literary& Scientiic Institution, Dennis Evans 8346 9528. from four to 15ft in length. As 11 South Grove, London N6 Memory Lane Singing Club - friendly well as enhancing the landscape, 6BS, open Tuesday to Friday singing club meets every Friday in offering a home for wildlife and 1–5pm, Saturday, 11am–4pm Finchley. Call Valerie 8458 4508. materialsfor basketry, willow can and Sunday 11am–5pm. More Over 50s Tea Dance at Christ Church, be used as a renewable biomass details at www.hlsi.net and North Finchley. Every Weds, 1pm. 020 to produce energy.” www.eastinchleyopen.org.uk 8444 0280. The Creative Writes group get creative. Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist Church, Ballards La. Call 8888 4412. What’s On... E-mail your listings to: [email protected] Symphonic Wind Orchestra Contact Caroline Egan 8340 2706 Sunday 3 February Tickets £12 (£9 concessions) from 020 I plucked up the Traditional music at TOC, Highgate Hill • Barnet ghosts: a ghoulish guided 7723 6609 or www.ticketsource.co.uk/ on 1st & 3rd Tue each month from 8.30 walk through High Barnet and Monken gardensuburbtheatre pm. Free. All musicians welcome. 07958 Hadley, the second most haunted village Saturday 23 February 282898. in England, with City of London guide Paul • Tree walk in Coldfall Wood led by Ian conidence to write Baker. Meet at High Barnet tube station, Loasby; suggested donation £3. Booking By Matthew Hall Clubs & Social 7.30pm.More details from 020 8440 6805 or essential. Details: www.coldfallwoods.co.uk Like so many other people I had thought about joining a Bingo evening, 8pm Sundays, at the www.barnetwalks.talktalk.net Sunday 24 February creative writing course but never had the courage to do Constitutional Club, The Walks, N2. Sunday 10 February, and weekly • The Battle of Barnet: guided walk Bingo Club Mondays 7-9 pm, Green • Cabaret at Lauderdale House, Highgate. with City of London guide Paul Baker. Tour so. This was mainly because I lacked self-conidence; I Man Centre, Contact: Jan 8815 5452 Sunday 10 February, Jane Milligan (Return the famous 1471 battlefield from the Wars always felt that anything I wrote would be torn apart by Contact Lunch Club Tuesdays at the To The Forbidden Planet, Spend, Spend, of the Roses. Meet at junction of Great the tutor and others on the course, who I thought would Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. Spend) supported by Stuart MacIver; Sunday North Rd and Hadley Green Road, 11am. be better educated and more gifted than me. French conversation in small friendly 17 February, Miles Western (Pageant, More details from 020 8440 6805 or www. group with native speaker. 8444 9395. Star Quality, Doctors) supported by Emma barnetwalks.talktalk.net Creative Writes is differ- Then it is for us to decide Friends of Cherry Tree Wood www. Clare; Sunday 24 February, Jeremy Legat Thursday 28 February ent. It meets at the Clissold which direction we take our cherrytreewood.co.uk or 8883 7544. (Wicked, Oliver!, Curtains) supported by • The Finchley Society hosts a preview Arms pub, Fortis Green, on writing in. We can develop the Haringey Recorded Music Society Amy Coombes. All shows 4.30pm. Tickets of digitised Finchley photographs from Tuesday mornings and, under themes or discard them and start informal meetings locally. Call David priced £13 (£11 concs) from 020 8348 the Barnet Archives Picture Collection. the tutelage of Nichola, we are again. All the exercises create Moldon on 8361 1696. 8716 (£2 admin fee) and online at www. Barnet Heritage Officer Hugh Petrie will LGBT? 1st Weds every month in a local encouraged to develop our own building blocks that can be used lauderdalehouse.org.uk (£2 admin fee). demonstrate how digitised pictures can style at our own pace. to create and develop all types pub. Welcoming atmosphere. Email Tuesday 12 February be accessed via any internet connection. efi[email protected] • Hendon and District Archaeological 2.30pm at Avenue House, East End Road, There is no feedback from of writing. I use some of the Muslim Ladies Lunch Club 1st & 3rd Society. From Longboat to Warrior: the N3 3QE. Non-members welcome. Admission either Nichola or the other exercises for work to improve Weds, Ann Owen Ctr., Oak La. Call evolution of the wooden ship, a talk by £2. attendees. It is up to us whether my report writing so they are 8432 1415 to book. Eliott Wragg from the Thames Discovery Friday 8 to Thursday 21 March we read out what we have writ- very lexible. North London Bridge Club, Muswell programme. 8pm at Avenue House, East End • “Cycles”, a show by East Finchley ten, so it can be as personal as Creative Writes has a new Hill. Contact 8348 3495 Road, N3 3QE. Welcome to all. Open artists, at the Highgate Gallery, we wish it to be. The workshops programme of Jan-March Northside Bridge Club, EF Methodist Friday 22 February to Saturday 2 March Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, Church, Thurs 7.30-11pm. 8346 8145. consist of ten-minute exer- 2013 workshops, includ- • Garden Suburb Theatre presents an 11 South Grove, London N6 6BS, Tuesday Jewish Friendship Club for over 60s, innovative and exciting version of Alice to Friday 1−5pm, Saturday 11am−4pm, cises over two hours on topics ing blogs and Tuesday Tues 1-3 pm at Muswell Hill Syna- in Wonderland and Through the Looking Sunday 11am−5pm. Details from 020 provided by Nichola and this morning workshops at the Clis- gogue, Tetherdown. Anita 8886 6140. Glass, with puppets, projections, flamingos 8340 3343 or www.hlsi.net. Information on can range from writing about sold Arms. For information and Muswell Hill Tetherdown Bridge, and mock turtles; Henrietta Barnett School the EFO and individual artists from www. objects, to quotes or abstract booking, go to: www.creative- contact 8883 4390 Theatre, Central Square, NW11 7BN. eastfinchleyopen.org.uk ideas. writes.co.uk 11 THE ARCHER - www.the-archer.co.uk FEBRUARY 2013 Letters Daphne Bauer, 1925–2012 Many readers of this newspaper will remember Daphne Carpet shop rolls out Fortismere places Bauer, a resident in Church Lane, N2, from 1980 to 1995. policy Daphne Bauer, nee Hall, and later Mills, was born in new look Dear Editor, South Wales, of Irish parents, and was proud of her Irish Few East Finchley irms can boast a longer history than I attended the Fortismere heritage throughout her adventurous life. S & M Myers Carpet Showroom. First established in consultation on their musical Daphne grew up in Kens- 1819 to supply local factories with rags for cleaning ability school places policy on 14 T A ington and later went on to their machines, the business moved into government January (thanks to HE RCHER complete a degree in sociol- for publishing the details). This surplus before concentrating on carpet sales from the ogy at the London School of 1970s onwards. policy currently gives places Economics. In the austerity of for up to 24 children (plus their Still in the family, the irm The transformation took 16 late 1940s’ Britain, she took is run by brothers Richard and months in all but Myers is now siblings) each year from outside the opportunity of a post as a Alan Myers, along with Naveed irmly back in business. Rich - the area. research assistant in a socio- th This has effectively sub- Iqbal. As it approaches its 200 ard said: “It’s nice to be back. logical survey in rural Jamaica, - We’ve got plenty of carpets in stantially reduced the number anniversary, it has totally reit where she stayed for two years ted its showroom on East End stock, and the same wide range of places offered by distance: and learned to understand the Road, creating a bright and spa- and good service we’ve always in 2009 there were 132 offers local dialect. After a year or cious new shop for customers had. And our prices haven’t by distance compared to 108 in so back in Britain, Daphne An extremely dedicated social and a much larger warehouse gone up.” 2012. It also creates a kind of went abroad again, this time for holding stock. social selection as benefiting the to Toronto, Canada, where her worker assigned to what in the children of those who can afford brother George had already 1960s were known as ‘problem private music lessons. moved. She married there in families’, colleagues said of her Anyone concerned about this 1952 and had two sons, Peter that “Daphne never lost a baby”. can email nmoore@fortismere. and David. While a resident in East org.uk by Friday 15 February and In the late 1950s, the family Finchley for 15 years, Daphne took an active interest in local a form for this is available on the moved back to Britain and Daphne embarked on a career issues. She was a founding Fortismere website at www.fort- as a social worker, irst with the member of the East Finchley ismere.haringey.sch.uk/page/ London County Council as a Village Society and was default.asp?title=Home&pid=1 school care committee organ- involved in the controversy Yours faithfully, iser in Islington and later for the over the widening of the North Paul McLean-Thorne, London Borough of Camden. Circular Road. She was also a Lincoln Road, N2. director of the Phoenix Cinema Trust and enjoyed art classes at Any reader who feels strongly the East Finchley Neighbour- about any matter is invited to hood Centre, as well as a spot use this “Soapbox” column. of gardening. Please note that opinions expressed Daphne moved to Bexhill are those of the writer alone. in 1995 and until the end of her life kept up close friendships Magic carpets: from left, Naveed Iqbal, Alan and Richard Myers in and contact with the commu- their new showroom. Photo by John Lawrence Drivers, beware. nity in East Finchley, visiting regularly and maintaining a Runners, be aware-r! keen interest in N2 issues. She THE ARCHER online By Victoria Davenport was always a delighted recipi- Did you know you can catch up with past issues of THE This time of the year, more runners are on the roads, ent of THE ARCHER. Daphne will ARCHER online? what with New Year’s resolutions and training for the be remembered by many in N2 Every edition since the start of 2000 is available on our web- upcoming London and other marathons. A friend was for her warmth, intelligence and site www.the-archer.co.uk. The site also gives information on hit by a car driving out of a petrol station. She was keen sense of humour. advertising in our pages and how you can contribute to the paper. running fast, didn’t see the car, and the driver didn’t see her. Six weeks in hospital, a metal rod in her leg, one year later with endless physio and retraining and she is (very slowly) working towards a bit of light STEWART DUNCAN jogging. She was a near-elite athlete aiming for the
British athletics team and her career is over. Drive, cycle, run…with care Runners know the risks of wearing earphones when they’re outside running, but everyone seems to do it. We’re told to watch out for cars, but no one does. Even the most well-intentioned, careful driver might not see you, not be looking at all, or think “I can turn that corner before that runner, easy.” Always, always,
they’ll assume they can get there faster than you THE Running’s like driving. Be alert, be careful and watchful, and don’t assume anyone will stop for you. This applies to cyclists as well (one actually killed a pedestrian on Parliament Hill). Drivers: don’t assume you can move faster than that runner. Be courteous if you can: the runner is probably exhausted, fed up and just wants to keep moving. They could be distracted and not looking around them or not hear you, especially with their earphones in. Don’t assume they see you or will stop. Runners: be cautious and, especially when running in trafic, assume that drivers aren’t going to see you or think you are at risk. Ditto cyclists; they’re the runner’s friends and equal in many ways, but they too are moving fast and can be dangerous. Visibility The obvious stuff about clothing applies too but I still see runners out at night wearing dark clothing (and I’m guilty too). It’s not just the cars that are a problem; you could easily plough right into another runner, and that hurts! White is better than orange. Get used to wearing it in daylight too. Everyone needs to be aware of you, including dog-walkers, people with baby buggies and so on. In turn, runners need to be courteous to pedestrians. Some runners are irritating and obnoxious when they plough ahead 80% OFF! forcing pedestrians to the side so they can keep up the pace. I remember being told when I was learning to drive, ‘Courtesy 80% OFF FRAMES WHEN YOU BUY COMPLETE SPECS. is contagious’, and it’s still good advice for runners, drivers, SALE MUST FINISH 16TH FEBRUARY 2013 126 HIGH ROAD, EAST FINCHLEY, N2 9ED . 020 8883 2020
cyclists and pedestrians. UP TO John’s Shoe Repairs FEBRUARY 2013 PAGE 12 Shoes, Trainers, Sandals, Bags and Luggage Complete Repair Service by a craftsman Same day if required ey Cuttin 1 Manor Park Rd. N2, behind 88 Church Lane, opposite Trinity Church THE ARCHER Tel: 2 1 pen 12 p Published by East Finchley Newspapers, P.O. Box 3699, London N2 8JA. www.the-archer.co.uk Sugar skills are icing on the cake With the growth in home cooking and the runaway success of the BBC’s Great British Bake-Off, cake-making is the new rock ‘n’ roll. And one of its local stars is expert cake decorator Adam Cox. Adam has spent six years And for those who want to mastering the art of sugarcraft decorate a cake themselves for and cake-making, producing a loved one’s birthday or wed- incredible edible creations and ding, Adam will customise the bespoke celebration cakes for class to help beginners to pro- any occasion. duce the cake of their dreams. Now Adam is passing on his Adam said: “All lessons skills by offering private tui- will be held at a location of tion to all levels of cake deco- your choice, as long as there rators in their own kitchens. is a table available for us to sit His classes will teach many at, running water close by and different techniques for cakes an enthusiastic student. I will and cupcakes, including how supply everything else.” to cover a cake, how to carve Adam can be contacted on shapes and how to model sugar 07891 830664 or via www. Server Edie Boon behind the counter at the new Boyden’s Pantry in Church Lane. Photo by John Lawrence paste igures. topmycake.com. Cosy café opens for business By Betti Blatman East Finchley has a new café. Boyden’s Pantry has been opened by local residents Ben Harrison and Anna Boyden. The pair had been driving down Church Lane daily and noticed the vacant property on the corner of King Street, once occupied by the East Finchley Neighbourhood Centre, and thought it would be the perfect place to start a new café to complement their existing business in New Southgate, called Boyden’s Kitchen (www.boydenskitchen.com). The refurbishment of the glass-fronted corner location resembles a cosy living room with comfortable furniture and there was a ‘buzzy’ atmosphere amongst the customers when I visited. Ben said they were aiming for residents to have a local meeting point while enjoying tea and coffee, snacks or a light lunch. And besides opening their second cafe, Anna and Ben are also celebrating the birth of their second child. Charlie was born on 14 January. Congratulations to them. Dark days and a new life By Harry the cat I was alone and it was dark. Despite my fur coat, I was freezing cold. I was also hungry, but the foxes were already Cake sculpture: Adam Cox with one of his party creations. ransacking the bins, feasting on stale chicken bones. Concealed in the shadows, I watched and waited for the foxes to leave. When they did, I ate what little remained. I couldn’t hunt because Est 1988 I’d lost the use of one eye, so my attempts at CC turning those pesky rodents into dinner were TV easily foiled. I used to have a home. I Follow- Harry’s found a new home with Jen. used to be given food when- ing my spell ever I meowed (to alert the with the V-E-T, I was taken myself, and my post-operative humans to feeding time) to a place with lots of other eye is a bit on the droopy or by simply looking cute. felines. Humans came to side. But I’m me, and I have Alas, those were distant visit, peering at us through feelings. memories. our cages, and the lucky ones Then, on the day of the But today, food, warmth were fostered or adopted. Muswell Hill Festival, I found and love are plentiful again, Nine months passed, but no my forever home with Jen. The thanks to the charity Animal one came for me. minute we locked eyes it was Aid & Advice North London I’m not conventionally love at irst sight, although I who rescued me. They also handsome. I bear scars from have to say she’s no oil paint- Y NOT HA provided the surgery I needed those wild days of fending for ing either! H VE to repair my eye. Today, life’s good. No, actu- W r ally it’s great! These days I’m You called Harry. I can’t remember Sec u r i t y COLIN SCLARE my old name, but let’s hope it A r ble s Sales & Lettings P o mv ! Y wasn’t Fluffy Wuffy! Thanks FR Sol ed VE 119a East End Road, East Finchley, London, N2 0SZ to Jen, and the efforts of the EE UR Animal Aid & Advice North AL M S e e i e all ty es o o e ty London charity shop on the AR o Sale and Letting, so lease call s High Road, I have all the cud- o a ee a et a aisal and disc ssion dles and tuna a happy kitty Co etiti e ees Letting ee 1 Sales ee l s at could need. 020 8442 0660 Please contact info@ani- 0800 279 0792 t o e i o tantly, malaidandadvice.org, or call 112 High Rd East Finchley London N2 a ality se ice to yo Marilyn on 07533 268 649 www.securebase.co.uk Contact s on should you ind a place in your www.securebase.co.uk 020 1 colinscla e co sales colinscla e co heart to help homeless cats. THE ARCHER is a non-proit-making, non political & non religious newspaper, staffed entirely by volunteers.